Self-heating curling-iron.



G. D. EGGEMANQ" .SELF HEATINGCURLING IRON.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14, 1912.

Patented June 17, 1913 GODFREY D. EGGEIVIM, 9F GLEDOD SPRINGS, GOLOEQDO.

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SELF-HEATIN'G CURLING- IBZQN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12?, 1913.

Application filed iletober 14, 1912. SerialIEEo. 725,747.

certain new and useful Improven'ients in Self-Heating Ourlinglrons, ofwhich. the following'is' a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ciu'ling ironsand more particularly to an improvement on my for mer patent issuedOctober 22nd, 1961, Num bcr $811,80 and the primary object of theinvention is to provide a self-heating attachment for the device.

A further object of the invention resides in providinga spark ignitionmeans formed from portions of the arms of the device, and a stillfurther object resides in providing a. cavity in one arm of the devicehaving a sparking substance on the wall thereof, and

a tongue on the other arm of the device adapted to normally engage thesparking substance to cause a spark as said arms are separated. Y

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of adevice which is extremely simple and durable in construction,inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efiicient anduseful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel featurcsof construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecification and claims. i

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1is aside elevation of the device in its normal po sition. Fig. :2 is afragmentary vertical section therethrough showing the ignition means andfuel chamber. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the device as seenon line 33, Fig. 2; and Fig. 1 is a similar view as seen on line &'4,Fig. 2.

In describing my invention. 1 shall refer to the drawing in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which 18 indicates a tubular arm forming therigid arm of the iron, the same having the outer end thereof open andprovided with a screw cap 19. This arm is bent intermediate of its ends.the lower port-ion thereof forn'iing a shank 20 to which is securedzz ahandle member 21 and pivoted to said arm at the junction thereof withthe shank 20, is the usual,concavoconvex arm 22 which is also providedwith an outwardly bent shank having the handle member 23 thereon. Thetubular arm 18 is provided just-above the pivot point between said arms18 and 22,.

vided with a plurality of openings 26.. These openings 26 formsubstantial burner openings and are normally covered by means of theconcavoco-nvex arm, as said arms are normally held in contact with-onean other through the medium of" the usual spring 26 shown indottedglines in Fig. l.

Asfstated previously lli y inv'eiitioncoir templates a self-heatingmeans for. the iron and to this end I provide an improved spark formingmeans on the arms of the device. This isaccomplishod by strikinginwardly a portion of the arm 18 to form the portion 27, over which isapplied a sparking substance, such as pyrophorous material. Theconcave-convex arm 22, on the other hand,- is provided at this pointwith an inwardly struck portion to form a lug 28 which is adapted toberoceived within the arm 18 and in contact with the portion 27. It willbe readily appreciated, therefore, that as the handle members 21 and 23are drawn vtogether, thereby separating the arms 18 and 22, the lug 28will be drawn quickly across he substance on lug 27 to cause a spark.

In operation, the chamber formed at the outer end of the arm 18, may befilled from its outer end with alcohol or other liquid fuel. or thedevice may be dipped in such liquid fuel so that the wick within thechamber may absorb the fuel passing through the openings 26. Afterhaving saturated the wick .within the chamber with the fuel, should itbe desired to heat the iron, it will be only necessary to draw thehandles 21 and 23 toward one another quickly which will, obviously.cause a spark and readily ignite the fumes passing through the openings26.

As the openings 26 extend the full length of the chamber, it will beappreciated that the iron for the full length thereof will be uniformlyheated and when it isedesired to extinguish the flames, itisonlynecessary to allow the arms 18 and 20 to .be brought to-v gether. Thedevice is then ready for use and itwill be seen that through thismedium, of heating the same, the usual dirt which is collected on't-heiron through other means of heating the same will be eliminated. It willfurther be seen that as the. concavoconvex arm 22 covers the openings 26in thearm 18, the evaporation of the alcohol or' other liquid fuelwithin the chamber will be prevented.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided an improvedcurling'iron which may be readily "heated by a. mere movement of thehandles of the device. Itwill further be seen that the usualdifliculties experienced through the use of the ordinar'y curlingiron,will be obviated and it will still further be seen that the device issimple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will bevery efficient and useful in operation.

\Vhile I have particularly described the elements adapted to perform thefunctions set forth, it is obviousTthat various changes. in form,proportion; and in the ni inor details of construction may be resortedto without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theprinciples of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is 1. A curling ironcomprising a pair of pivoted jaws, the one being tubular and having afuel chamber at one end thereof, said jaw being also provided witha;iplurality of openings communicating with the chamber, the other jawbeing concavo-c0n-. vex in design and adapted to normally contact. withthe aforesaid jaw, aalug sting: inwardly on said first mentioned jawimediately below said chamber, said lug laving a sparking substance onthe face thereof, means formed on the other jaw in normal contact. withsaid sparking substance,,-and handle members carried on said jaws. f

2. A curling iron of the class described comprising a pair of. pivotedjaws, the one being tubular in design and provided with av fuel chamberinthe ends thereof, said jaw being also provided with a plurality ofopenings leading to said chamber, the other jaw being concave-convex indesign and adapted to normally contact with the aforesaid jaw to coverthe openings therein, an inwardly struck lug formed on the firstmentioned jaw immediately below the chamber therein, the face of saidlug being provided with a sparking substance, an additional lug struckinwardly from the last mentioned jaw adapted for normal contact with thesparking substance on the aforesaid lug, and handle members carried onthe ends of said jaws.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

' GODFREY D. EGGEMAN. \Vitnesses J. M. Moore, L. H. TAM.

